India successfully tests Agni-5 missile with MIRV technology

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved a significant milestone with the successful inaugural flight test of the Agni-5 missile, featuring Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. Named Mission Divyastra, the test took place at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha. Numerous telemetry and radar stations effectively tracked and monitored multiple re-entry vehicles, and the mission successfully met its designated parameters. (Photo: PTI)

The development and deployment of MIRV technology are sensitive and closely guarded subjects, given their significant implications for international security and strategic balance. (Photo: IANS)

The MIRV tech contributes to the country's deterrence posture in the region and sends a clear message to China and Pakistan. It also puts India in a select group of nations to possess such tech. (Photo: DRDO X handle)

The test demonstrates India's capability of deploying multiple warheads at different locations from a single missile. The system is equipped with indigenous avionics and high-accuracy sensor packages, ensuring precise re-entry vehicle targeting. The test, conducted at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha, showcased India's advancing technological prowess in defense. The Defence Research and Development Organisation confirmed the mission's success, with telemetry and radar stations monitoring multiple re-entry vehicles meeting the designed parameters. (Photo: ANI X handle)

​The latest test ensures that a single missile can deploy multiple warheads at different locations.

The US, UK, Russia, China and France also have missiles capable of carrying multiple independently targetable warheads. (Photo: ANI X handle)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Mission Divyastra, India's first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.In a social media post on X, the PM said,"Proud of our DRDO scientists for Mission Divyastra, the first flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology." (Photo: ANI)